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Art. 185 stipulates that anyone bringing in or taking out of Kuwait any individual with the intention of enslaving him/ her, buys, sells or gifts another person as a slave may be punished with imprisonment for a period of time not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding 375 Kuwaiti Dinars or either of those two penalties.

  • Qatar: Law No. 11 of 2004 issuing the Penal Code
  • Qatar: Penal Code No. 11 of 2004
  • Kuwait: Law No. 16 of 1960 promulgating the Penal Code
  • Kuwait: Ministerial Decree No. 15 of 1959 promulgating the Nationality Law
  • Bahrain: Law No. 1 of 2008 Issuing the Anti-Trafficking Law
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    UAE: Year-on-year net change in the number of workers, by activity
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    Saudi Arabia: Net change in the number of workers, by activity (Q1 2019-Q4 2021) (Saudis/non-Saudis)
    Percentage of nationals and non-nationals in GCC countries’ employed populations (2020)
    Year-on-year evolution of the size of foreign populations in Gulf States (mid-year figures, 2010-2021)

    Percentage of nationals and non-nationals in Gulf populations (2020)

    Percentage of nationals and foreign nationals in GCC countries’ populations(latest year available, 2010-2016)

    National and Non-National populations in GCC Countries (1970 – 2010)

    Number of men per 100 women in national and foreign populations of GCC countries (latest year available, 2010 to 2016)

    Age distribution of national and foreign populations in GCC countries: A comparison (Latest year available, 2005-2016)

    Percentage of foreign nationals in each age-group, per GCC country (latest year available, 2005-2016)

    Percentage of national and Non-national in GCC countries’ employed populations (2015)

    Number of men per 100 women in employed national and Non-national populations, GCC countries (2015)

    Percentage of non-nationals employed by sector of activity (public/private and other sectors) in GCC countries (around 2010)

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    Percentage of nationals and non-nationals in GCC countries’ population (Around 2010)

    Number of men per 100 women in national and Non-national populations of GCC Countries (2010)

    Age distribution of national and Non-national populations in GCC countries: a comparison (around 2010)

    Percentage of non-nationals in each age-gorup, per GCC country (around 2010)